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Around Town
By SAM C. MORRIS
The following letter was received from
Laurie Telfair and I believe it will be of
interest to her former readers. The letter
follows:
Hey Everybody,
Well, we crossed the wide Missouri.
And recrossed it several times on our way
here. In fact. The river winds down from
somewhere in the northwest, flows
alongside Nebraska and into the uplands
of Missouri. Interstate 70 crosses It
several times before Kansas City - which
seems strange because the highway runs
straight across the state from St. Louis to
KC so the river must corkscrew through
the hills.
But now we are all together in Omaha,
somewhat established in the house
although our appliancs are giving up the
ghost with alarming regularity so that we
have had to add a new washer to the
household and now the television is in the
shop. Dannv and I drove down to Kansas
City last weekend to meet my parents
and the girls, who had spent the month in
Memphis since I left them there on my
way west. My father got confused on
when his vacation began and what was to
have been a leisurely trip to KC with a
baseball game and a trip back through the
Ozarks turned into an overnight hustle
and back the next day. We drove back to
Omaha by going up the bluffs of the
Missouri to St. Joseph and then across to
Kansas and up the rolling plains to
Omaha.
Prairie has always brought to mind flat
land, but it isn't. It is rolling hills, treeless
for the most part. Danny remarked that
one of the things he missed about the
southeast were the woods. There are trees
around homes but the fields and pastures
are open. Rain has been good this year
and the crops are lush. They have
patchwork quilt designs on the hills, with
the golden wheat contrasting with green
fields, of corn. I've never seen com
planted as close together as it is here. I
can't imagine how they harvest it unless
they just mow it all down for silage. I
guess Mr. Young could tell me, or
probably one of the farmers in the
county like Mr. Balfour. Or maybe the
man most noted for corn production on
the county commission, Ralph Barnhart.
Ask them about it, Elaine, okay.
We are living in what was a small town
on the southwest edge of Omaha until the
bigger city annexed it. There are still
cases pending in the state courts fighting
the theft, 1 understand, and the local
residents of Millard are pretty hot about
the issue yet. The school district remains
separate, which makes it the third school
district within the city of Omaha. Taxes
here are high, about SI,200 a year on a
S30.000 hou* but they seem to have
plenty of services. There is a city pool
within walking distance of most
residential areas of the city and the
schools are phish. The senior high here
includes an indoor pool, two tennis
courts, and a beautiful track. The
physical plants of the other schools are
also nice and judging from past
experience with the schools here, the
academic program will match the
building.
Anyway, Millard is a bedroom
community with little local industry. It
has a short main street, not as long as
Raeford's and one shopping center. The
town is dominated by its principle
structure - a six block long feed and
lumber mill alongside the railroad. There
are nearly a dozen bars here though,
indicating that Millard folks like an
after-dinner drink. At 90 cents for an
ounce of booze, I doubt that they have
too much of a drunken driving problem,
but I can't back that up with any figures.
Bottled liquor is sold in state licensed
stores, which also may sell groceries or
drugs or (for all 1 know) dresses. The
largest grocery store in Millard doesn't
have a license and doesn't even sell beer,
and the booze can be purchased at the
"pharmacy and bottle shop" down the
street. Strange.
Oh, yes...something that might be of
interest to the recreation commission.
The city opreates several Playmobiles that
circulate throughout the city on a fixed
schedule, bringing a supervised recreation
program with them. They are housed in
vans like Bookmobiles and I don't know
exactly how they are set up, but the idea
has possibilities for a county like Hoke.
Speaking of recreation, I enjoyed the
wrtteup on the House of Raeford team
you reprinted in your column, Mr.
Morris. That portrayed an attitude often
found in Hoke that I am beginning to
think may be lacking in other places...the
willingness to get along with folks
different from yourself.
The paper looks good and I enjoy
keeping up with people. Elaine is doing a
good job and Is covering a wider range of
newt than I did. I always meant to get
out Into the county but never did. The
more I got to know people there, the
more I enjoyed talcing to them. I learned
a lot of things, many of which were
helpful in writing stories, but nonetheless
It is a fact that the more time you talk
the lea time you have to write it all
down. Prom the looks of things. Fblne
talks lea and writes more than 1 did.
Well, two and a half pages enough for
anyone to write. I don't do this very
(See AROUND TOWN, Page 11)
City Tax Rate Reduced to $1.1U
Boy Drowns
At Rockfish
A 16-year-old Hoke County boy
drowned in an irrigation pond in
Rockfish Monday, while taking a break
from cropping tobacco.
He was John K. Campbell, Rt. 2,
Raeford.
Neil Smith from the Hoke County
Rescue Squad said a number of young
people had been swimming in the pond
that afternoon about 3 p-m., when they
observed the Campbell boy go under the
water. Those present attempted to rescue
the youth, but were unaoie to aim
summoned the Rescue Squad for
assistance. The body was later located
near the spot where the accident
occurred.
He was the second drowning victim in
the county this summer.
Housing Help
Now Available
Improved housing is a possibility in
Hoke County. In order for this to become
a reality for more families, five volunteers
will be working throughout the county to
acquaint families with available financial
assistance programs.
Farmers Home Administration's
requirements and applications will be
discussed with families. Other assistance
programs will be discussed.
Families in the Raeford and Scurlock
area contact Jimmy Morrisey Five Points
and Montrose. Mrs. Helen Small; McCain
and Ashley Heights. Mrs. Retha Long;
South Hoke and Antioch, Plummcr
Locklear; Bowmorc and Bethel, Mrs.
Helen Thomas.
Hoke County F.xtension Service and
the Fanners Home Administration will
offer a series of lessons for prospective
homeowners with such subjects as
Building Materials, Housing Credit and
Assistance Programs Floor Plans. Tot
Development, and other subjects related
to building a home. The course will begin
in early Uctobei. For furthe/ details
contact Mrs. Kllen Willis home
economics agent, or Wendell Young,
cou.ity agent, at the Extension Office.
The number is 875-2162.
Merchants To Meet
The Raeford Merchants Assn. will hold
a meeting Thursday morning, July 27, at
9:30, at the Family Restaurant.
The purpose of the meeting will be to
plan activities tor the fall. All merchants
are urged to attend. Refreshments will be
served.
Scott Injured
In Shoot - Out
An argument in a parking lot near the
Tastee Freez last Thursday night led to
the shooting of Johnny Lee Scott. He was
not seriously injured.
Charged with the shooting with intent
to kill is Lucille Helms, 42, of N. Main St.
in Raeford. She was arrested on a
$10,000 bond, which was later reduced
to $1,000 after it was learned that Scott
was not seriously injuied. Bond was
posted for Miss Helms and she was
released Friday.
According to an investigation by
Sheriffs Deputy Alex Norton, Scott and
a friend Billy Hayes, had apparently been
parked between the Tastee Freez and the
Break - In At
Tangledvines
Late Thursday
The Tangledvines Restaurant on U.S.
401 was broken into late Thursday night
and a total of SI48 was reported stolen,
plus an undetermined amount of change
from a cigarette machine and a juke box.
The break ? in was discovered at 6:30
Friday morning, by restaurant employee
John Stewart. Entry was gained by
kicking in the night latch of the front
door.
Of the total amount stolen, S18 was
removed from the cash regiater and S130
from the safe, which, according to Sheriff
DAI. Barrington, had not been forced
open. The change boxes of the cigarette
machine and juke box had been forced
open and the coins removed.
Deputy George Brown, who helped
investigate the incident, said that a
number of papers in the back room were
scattered about and the furniture moved
around. He said a number of costly items.
Including a guitar and a rile that were in
the restaurant, were left untouched. The
restaurant is the property of Wlllard
Lewis.
Also aiding in the investigations was
Deputy Robert Graham. No charges have
yet been made.
ABC Liquor Store on U.S. 401, around
)1 p.m., when Miss Helms, who manages
the Tangledvines Restaurant, and Willard
Lewis, owner of the restaurant, drove up
and parked next to Scott's vehicle.
Lewis apparently then got out of the
car and walked over to Scott and began
arguing about the shooting and killing of
his German Shepherd dog on June 9,
which Scott was found guilty of in
District Court the previous week.
Norton said Scott apparently got out
of the car and started to walk away when
Lewis and Miss Helms both drew guns.
Scott allegedly turned and swung his fist
at Lewis, knocking him to the ground. As
the two battled it out. Miss Helms
allegedly held a gun on Hayes, who was
still in Scott's car, telling him not to
move.
She allegedly then went over to where
Lewis and Scott were fighting and held
the .22 caliber pistol at Scott's temple
and told him, "I'm going to kill you." At
that point Scott apparently moved his
arm back to knock the gun away when it
discharged, grazing him in the back of the
head.
Scott received four stitches for the
wound on his head at Cape t ear Valley
Hospital and was then released Lewis was
also taken to Cape Fear and then to
Womack Army Hospital, where he was
treated and released for cuts and bruises
received in the fight.
Lewis, 45, was also arrested on a S300
bond for assault hy pointing a gun. It is
believed that the .38 caliber pistol thai
Lewis had was also discharged sometime
during the scuffle, but no one was hit. In
addition to the charge of assault with
intent to kill. Miss Helms is also charged
with assault by pointing a gun at Hayes,
for which bond was set at S500.
Investigations were conducted by
Deputies Norton and Preston Moore, who
were aided by the Raeford City Police
and the State Highway Patrol.
Cases against Lewis and Miss Helms are
set for hearings during the Aug. 4 session
of District Court.
SPLASH PARTY - When the heat's on, JTbest thing to do is enjoy a cool dip. This group of Hoke teenagers spent part of
Tuesday splashing in Rockfish Oeedk. (front left) - Sue Moore, Danny Gibson and Mike Odom.
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Trash Container Locations Set
The Hoke County Health Dept. has
established the locations of the SO trash
containers recently purchased by the
county. Some of the containers are
expected to be in operation within the
next two weeks, county sanitarian Russell
Mills reports.
Pick-Ops. for the four cubic yard
containers are scheduled for twice a
week, and will be handled by the Pick-Up
Sanitation Service, a firm belonging to
Clyde Leach of Dundarrach. The
containers are of the type with a split lid
on top, designed for ease in handling.
The State Highway Department has
Oven working .with the County Health
Department in preparing the locations for
the containers. Mills said no one in the
county will have to drive more than five
miles to the nearest container.
In addition to the containers placed
throughout the county, three will be
placed at the entrance to the landfill off
U. S. 401, for use when the landfill is not
in operation.
The location: "r the cortainers are the
following:
(See CONTAINER, Page 11)
First Goal Reached
For Association
The Hoke County Assn. for the
Developmentally Disabled has reached its
first plateau; the drive to raise funds for
the purchase of a van to transport
disabled youngsters to sheltered
workshops in Laurinburg was a success.
Chairman of the organization Pat Pate,
said that the fund raising activities of the
past weekend were "extremely
successful," but more donations are
always welcome.
She said the Federal grant of $9,137,
which was approved through the
Developmcntally Disabled Service Act
was mailed this week. The Hoke
organization needed to raise SI,015 in
matching funds before the final grant
could be approved.
Mrs. Pate said "without the generous
people in Hoke County, we couldn't have
done it." She wished to express special
appreciation on behalf of the
organization to the churches in Hoke
County, which all responded generously,
to WSHB radio station for the
fund-raising radiothon held last Sunday,
and to the Raeford Jaycees, who helped
in fund-raising activities and sponsored
the radiothon.
Mrs. Pate said that $300 alone was
raised from the bake sale and sale of
curtain canopies last weekend. The
remainder of funds collected came from
individuals, businesses and churches.
The organization is now looking for a
van to be used to transport youngsters to
the workshop in Laurinburg. and is taking
applications for a driver. The present
number of disabled youngsters attending
the workshop is five, and Mrs. Pate
(See GOAL. Page II)
Boy Dies
Three ? year ? old Roger Allen Baker
died at Duke Hospital Tuesday night
where he had been under treatment for
burns received in an accident on July 2.
The child received severe burns when
the cigarette lighter he had been playing
with ignited his shirt He was discovered
by his parents near their house shortly
after the accident. He was the son of Mr
and Mrs. Billy Baker of Raeford.
Funeral services will be held Friday at
3 p.m. at the First Baptist Church by the
Rev. Jack Mansfield. Burial will be in the
Raeford Cemetery. Arrangements will be
handled by Lentz's Mortuary in Raeford.
Surviving besides his parents are a
sister, Anita Baker of the home; his
paternal great grandmother Mrs. Susan
Baker of Raeford; his maternal great
grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. D. Haithcox
of Moncure; his paternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Baker of Raeford;
his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Hardison of Raeford.
Just a week before the accident in
which Roger Allen was burned, the
Baker's five ? year old son. William
Anthony, drowned in an accident in
Rockfish Creek.
Windows Broken
Out At Grocery
The glass windows at the Walter Parks
Grocery at Dundarrach were reported
broken out last Friday night about 10:30.
An investigation by the owner and the
Hoke Sheriffs Dept. revealed that
nothing had been taken from the store.
Line Trouble
Causes Black-Out
A broken main power line in the
Carolina Power and Light Co. system
Sunday afternoon knocked out power for
most of Hoke County for a half-hour
period.
Many residents in the area speculated
that the blackout may have been due to
exessivc use of power to run air
conditioners during the weekend's high
temperatures. But CP&L representative
bd Chappell said the real trouble was a
broken cross arm in a main line near the
Lumber ton plant.
Power blacked out at 12:57 pjn. and
was restored at 1:27. The breakage
affected all of the CP&L customers in
Hoke and most of the Lumbee River
REA customers.
Chappell said "at this point we do not
anticipate any problems from excessive
use of power this summer."
A new tax rate for Raeford residents of
$1.10 was approved by the City Council
in a special budget meeting held Thursday
night.
The lowered rate from last year's S1.45
per hundred dollars of assessed value was
made possible through the successful
annexation of Burlington Mills lo the
City of Raeford.
City manager John Gaddy said this is
the first time that city taxes have gone
down over a previous year. Last year's
rate of $1.45 reflected a 15 cent increase
over the previous year. Taxes have not
been lower than the new $1.10 rate since
1961, when they were $1.05. The 1962
rate went up to $1.17. where it remained
until it climbed to $1 JO in 1969.
The rates of tax are based on an
estimated total assessed valuation of
property of $27,360,624, which includes
the $9.5 million that Burlington's
annexation added to the city. The
annexation was made possible through
approval of a sale of water bonds totaling
$750,000, which will provide capital for
the drilling of an additional well and
adding water mains to the present system.
The estimated rate collections used in
computing the new tax rate was set at
ninety per cent.
The 1972 - 73 budget estimates show a
substantial increase of approximately
$78,000 over last year's total in the
General Fund. The revenue is a result of
several different sources. First, is an
increase of property tax as a result of new
industry and increased building, and the
one cent Sales Use Tax' ijhich was
imposed in Hoke County in Octobei,
1971. t
The state increased front-one ? half to
one cent share of. gaaolmt taxes to be
distributed to all municipalities, which
gives the city approximately $20,000 in
additional revenues. The added revenues,
plus the unexpended revenues from the
1971 - 72 fiscal year, reflect the 1972 ?
73 budget.
The General Fund expenditures for the
new budget total $439,623.64, compared
with last year's total of $260,980.
Gaddy said the expenditures of the
projected increased revenues will be
disbursed about evenly within
approximately all departments, which
includes the Airport and Garbage
Disposal Departments, which are new and
will require additional revenues to
operate and maintain.
The Garbage Disposal Dept. was made
necessary through the opening of a
sanitary landfill off U.S. 401 on Feb. 1.
Previously the city had maintained its
own disposal facilities.
The Airport Dept. was created to
handle improvements to the Raeford
Airport, including paving of a runway and
installation of lights, and to maintain the
facilities.
The new budget also shows water and
sewer fund revenue increases of
approximately $65,000 over last year.
The 1972 - 73 estimate is projected at
$352,121.92 Gaddy said the increase in
this sector is a result of added water
consumption, mostly by Knit ? Away. It
is to be disturbed evenly throughout the
water and sewer budget to provide
increased services to all customers.
A complete itemization of the adopted
budget follows:
(See TAX RATE, Page 11)
Office Closed
The Local Draft Board will be closed
during its regular hours on Monday, July
31, Tuesday, Aug. I and Wednesday,
Aug. 2. The office will be open as usual
beginning Mon., Aug. 7.
William Lamont, Jr.
Buried Here Sunday
William Lamont Jr., Hoke County Civil
Defense director, died Friday after
suffering a heart attack while vacationing
at Holden Beach. He was 61.
He was a native of Raeford and served
with the National Guard before World
War II. He entered the service in 1940 He
served during the war in the West Indies
and Okinawa. He retired from the Army
with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
He was a graduate of the Command
and General Staff School at Ft.
Leavenworth, Kan., and commanded the
National Guard Battalion in Raeford for
many years.
t uneral services were held at 4 p.m.
Sunday at Raeford Pre&yterian Church
by the Rev. John Ropp. Burial was in the
Raeford Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Paul Dickson,
T.B Lester. J.W. McPhaul, Carlton Niven,
Berder Niven, Graham Clark and Bill
Howell. Honorary pallbearers were the
hlders and Deacons of Raeford
Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his wife, the former
Mary Morris. One daughter Mrs. Palmer
Willcox of Raeford: two ^Ans, William III
of Chapel Hill and Andrew M. Lamont of
Lumber Bridge, oney sister, Mrs. Jean
Dickson of I t. Lauderdale, Ha.; one
brother. Charles M.lamont of Columbia,
S.C. and four grandchildren.
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William La moat, Jr.